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Localized Nuances of Linguistic Choices in Film: A Case Study of “Tahidi High” - a Kenyan Television Drama

Mugubi, John; Wesonga, Robert (2012)

This treatise endeavors to examine the discourse of actors in Tahidi High - a Kenyan television drama – in order to demonstrate how use of language contributes to thematic allusions in the television drama. Language is ...
Setting as Technique in Kenyan Television Drama: The Case of Tahidi High

Wesonga, Robert (Association for Scientific Computing Electronics and Engineering (ASCEE), 2012)

Undoubtedly, Film Studies is an area that has attracted varied attention from scholars in Kenya today. The country has recorded a tremendous increase in film scholarship in the recent past. This upsurge in Film studies ...
Instruction of reading for nationhood: English language teachers’ cognition in Kenya

Manyasi, Beatrice N (Scholarlink research institute journals, 2013)

This paper discusses secondary school teachers' cognition of the instruction of reading to instill human values among students in secondary schools in Kenya. The main purpose of the study was to determine how teachers ...
Resyllabification of Loan Words in Kalenjin Phonology

Kandagor, Mosol; Sawe, Salim. K (Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014)

The description of syllable structure in the individual languages is important in realizing syllabic markedness which motivates re-syllabification in the recipient language. The paper threrefore is an analysis of re ...
Communication Media and Their Effectiveness in Reaching the Youth in Rural Areas: The Case of Youth Enterprise Development Fund in Kenya

Chepngeno, Judy B.; Biwott, Edith Jelagat (New Media and Mass Communication, 2015)

Most youth face the unemployment problem due to scarce job opportunities, lack of start-up capital, skills and lack of information on available resources. The introduction of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund in ...
Availability and access of extensive reading resources for teaching and learning English: The Kenyan case

Indembukhani, Kennedy; Onchera, Paul O; Kulo, Selina A (International research journals, 2015-02)

This paper examines extensive reading as a method recommended for teaching English as a second language. Specifically the paper investigated the availability of extensive reading resources for teaching and learning and ...
Metaphors Used To Portray Masculinity And Feminity In Dholuo Benga Music: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach.

Quin, Awuor E; Cellyne, Anudo N (Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR), 2016)

So powerful is language that it has the ability to not only annihilate but also restore relationships. Through it power relations are instituted. In Patriarchal societies of which the Luo nation is part, power relations ...
Misogynistic Discourse: A Case Study of Fish Trade in Homabay County

Anudo, Cellyne; Awuor, Quin E (Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR), 2016)

Language plays a major function in begetting and propelling the principles of power, social relations and gender. The gendered roles allotted to males and females are not only overtly stated but they are also enshrined ...
Logic As A Semantic Resource In The Language Of Law And Religion

Sawe, Salim; Mwamzandi, Issa (International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review, 2016)

Logic is a branch of philosophy which is essentially a study of the art and science of correct reasoning (Baronett, 2008). There is interplay between logics and linguistics which is evident in Logical-Semantics which ...
The Portrayal of Masculinity in Dholuo Ohangla Music

Anudo, N. Cellyne; Awuor, E. Quin (Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2016)

Discrimination of either gender is both a linguistic and a social issue. The Luo culture is built on patriarchy and the socialization of the children (male and female) play a critical role in the way they relate to each ...
Same Story, Different Narratives: A Postcolonial Reading of Literary Texts and Corresponding Film Adaptations

Wesonga, Robert (Royallite Publishers, 2017)

The cinematic narrative and the story of its literary antecedent have nourished upon each other since the beginnings of cinema in the late 19th Century. As a result of this adaptation of film from literature, it is ...
Benga meets Ohangla: An analysis of animal metaphors used in selected Dholuo political songs

Anudo, N Cellyne; Awuor, Elizabeth Q (International Journal of Science, Arts and Commerce, 2017-02)

Music, a vehicle through which communication takes place, reaches a wider audience as compared to other channels of oral communication. The artist, who is the conveyer of the message, may employ various devices to ensure ...
A Conceptual Analysis of Love Metaphors in Selected Dholuo Popular Music

Anudo, Cellyne N; Kodak, Benard (International Journal of innovative reseach and development, 2017-03)

Conceptual metaphors had for a long time remained unnoticed until the advent of the famous study by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), “Metaphors We Live By”. Love is an emotional experience that elicits a lot of source domains ...
Prototypes of Teenagers and Construction of Identity in Adolescents through Film: A Study of Tahidi High – A Kenyan Television Drama

Wesonga, Robert (Royallite Publishers, 2017-08)

Identity is the recognition of one’s potential and qualities as an individual, especially in relation to social context. Identities are the points of identification, the unstable points of identification or suture, ...
Things Fall Apart back to the Owners: Adapting Achebe’s Text to Film for the Igbo Populace

Wesonga, Robert (Royallite Publishers, 2017-11)

At the beginning of scholarship on film adaptation, critics dismissed adapted films as watered down versions of their literary antecedents. Scholars such as Woof (1950) argued that the films were reductive of the ...
Music the loaded weapon :War metaphor and ethnicity in Kenyan songs

Anudo, Cellyne N A; Awuor, Quin E (Journal of language , technology and entrepreneurship in Africa, 2018)

Songs are a means through which artists commune with their audience not only for entertainment purposes but also when they intend to engage them intellectually on matters that are of concern socially, morally, spiritually ...
Ushairi Wa Kisufi Katika Tendi Za Kale Za Kiswahili: Mfano Wa Utendi Wa Siri Li Asrari

Karama, Mohamed; Chimerah, Rocha; Wa Mutiso, Kineene (The Africa Premier Research Publishing Hub, 2018-03)

Usufi ni njia mojawapo ya kumuabudu Mungu katika dini ya Kiislamu. Kuna tariqa kadhaa za kisufi katika Afrika Mashariki na zote zina lengo moja kuu la kumpwekesha Mungu. Nyingi ya tendi za kale za Kiswahili, haswa za ...
Darasa Za Kimaharajani Za Nyakanga-Kungwi-Sheikh Juma Amiri Kuhusu Unyumba

Karama, Mohamed (Jarida la Afrika Mashariki la Masomo ya Kiswahili, 2019)

Lugha ya kimaharajani iliangaziwa mwanzo na Mikhail Bakhtin, mwanaisimu wa Kirusi na mwitifaki mkuu wa Usemezano. Lugha hii ina sifa za kuweka kanro kaida za usemaji wa kirasmi na kuwacha wananchi watangamane bila vizuizi ...
Cross-Cultural Communications – The Challenges of Translation and Interpretation of the Local Language Policy in Education in Kenya

Awuor, Elizabeth Q; Anudo, Cellyne A (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Review, 2019-02)

Language is a key pillar that drives a nation to achieve success in varied fronts. It is fundamental to communication and through it different real life situations are examined and interpreted. The use of local languages ...
Ushairi Wa Kezilahabi Ni Ushairi Wa Nabhany: Ushahidi Kutoka Uchanganuzi Wa Umbo La Shairi La Wanajadi

Karama, Mohamed; Mwamzandi, Issa (Jarida la Afrika Mashariki la Masomo ya Kiswahili, 2019-04-10)

Makala haya yanakariri hoja kwamba ushairi wa Wagunduzi ni ushairi wa Wanajadi. Mapitiyo yetu ya maandishi yanayozungumziya ushairi wa Kiswahili yameonesha kwamba kuna makundi mawili: Wanajadi, akiwamo Sheikh Nabhany, ...

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